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Jarque-Bera test for normality 
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        ^jb^ varname 


Description
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^jb^ calculates the Jarque-Bera asymptotic test for normality on the 
        specified variable in level form.  



Options
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No options available


Example
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. ^jb^ varname



References
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  See C.M. Jarque and A.K. Bera.  1987.  "A Test for Normality of 
  Observations and Regression Residuals.  International Statistical 
  Review 55:163-172; In Damodar Gujarati.  1995.  
  Basic Econometrics.  p. 143.



  ^jb^ draws on the procedure originally written 
        by Gregorio Impavido,  gimpavido@@worldbank.org
        The formula and code were slightly 
        modified by J. Sky David, jsdavid@@polisci.tamu.edu